Paul Gogarty (Dublin Mid West, Green Party)
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Question 173: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he provides grants or funding to companies or individuals providing an information and communications technology teaching service for students with special needs or learning difficulties. [26844/09]

Batt O'Keeffe (Cork North West, Fianna Fail)
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My Department provides funding to primary and post primary schools towards the purchase of assistive technology for the use of pupils with special educational needs. The scheme is targeted at individual circumstances where pupils have very specific educational needs and the purpose of the grant-aid is to provide the pupils in question with equipment that will be of direct educational benefit to them.

My Department does not provide funding to companies or individuals providing an information and communications technology teaching service for students with special needs or learning difficulties.